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Five Xbox Live Arcade titles, including two from Double Fine, have had their prices temporarily cut. Costume Quest, Stacking, Voltron, Warhammer 40K: Kill Team and Apples to Apples have all seen price reductions of 50% as part of the THQ Publisher Sale. The deal applies to both Gold and Silver account members. In addition, all downloadable content for Stacking, Costume Quest and Apples to Apples has been reduced to half price. But are the games any good?

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First off, apologies once again for the spotty audio this week, techinical difficulties once again mean we’re stuck with the lesser quality backup.

We mix things up a little this week, after a talking about the latest releases it’s onto Todd Talk, in which Todd tells us his thoughts on leaderboards. Todd then has to leave us but that means Perry can drop his news bombs mostly uninterrupted. We finish as always with twitter topics and discussion of Andrews game of the week. Be sure to try out Mutant Storm Empire for next week and share your thoughts on twitter.

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Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is being re-released tomorrow on XBLA in glorious HD and we get a look at the new landscapes in this trailer. You’ll start in the …
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Our friends over at Play XBLA have provided a list of the games they’ll be showing off at PAX East in Boston next month. We …
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PopCap is certainly no stranger to XBLA with Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies on the platform and they’re looking to bring one more blockbuster to the table. The wildly …
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When I arrived at Haunted Temple Studios, the cab driver gave me a smug look. I’d asked him to stop one door over from a strip club at what looked to be an abandoned construction area. The gears in his head were turning and his face read “this kid just doesn’t want to admit he’s going to Dreamgirls.” He continued to prod me about being in the wrong location, but my trusted iPhone assured me this was the address Jake Kazdal, founder of Haunted Temple had given me. I wandered into the construction area hoping this was the right location. The glitz and glamor of the neighbors distracting the average onlooker from the amazing gem inside an unmarked building next door made arguably the perfect metaphor for an indie studio’s plight in the industry. Inside this large open, warehouse of a building, Jake and his team were putting the finishing touches on Skulls of the Shogun, literally hours after rescuing the game from a flood.

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Konami has verified the existence of Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition following an Australian Classification Board leak last month. It launches on Xbox Live Arcade this spring.

Hyper Arcade Edition arrives …
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After facing administration and a reduced price for Hydrophobia, things were looking pretty grim for Dark Energy Digital and it hasn’t gotten prettier. It appears GamesIndustry.biz reported that the …
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From character reveals to insane videos, Sine Mora from Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality is almost here. The new trailer above shows off more explosions, more dodging coloured bullets …
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Update: 5th Cell has informed us that the beta will be US only.

Earlier this month, 5th Cell announced that their upcoming tactical shooter Hybrid, would be host to …
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